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Push baby’s bottom into your body with
the side (the same side as where your baby
finger is) of your forearm.
- This will bring him
towards your breast with the nipple pointing
to the roof of his mouth
- Mother’s hand under
the baby’s face, palm up.
- Head supported but NOT
pushed in against breast.
- Head tilted back slightly.
- Baby’s body and
legs wrapped in around mother.
- Use your whole arm to
bring the baby onto the breast, when mouth
wide.
- Chin and lower jaw touch
breast first.
WATCH LOWER LIP, aim
it as far from base of nipple as possible,
so tongue draws lots of breast into
mouth.
Move baby’s body and head together
– keep baby uncurled.
Once latched, top lip will be close to nipple,
areola shows above lip. Keep chin close
against breast.
WIDE MOUTH / GAPE
Need mouth wide before
baby moved onto breast. Teach baby to open
wide/gape :
- move baby toward breast,
touch top lip against nipple
- move mouth away SLIGHTLY
- touch top lip against
nipple again, move away again
- repeat until baby opens
wide and has tongue forward
- Or, better yet, run
nipple along the baby’s upper lip,
from one corner to the other, lightly,
until baby opens wide
MOTHER’S VIEW WHILE LATCHING BABY
Move baby not breast
MOTHER’S VIEW OF
NURSING BABY
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
THE MOTHER
Mother’s posture
- sit with straight, well-supported
back
- trunk facing forwards,
lap flat
Baby’s position
before feed begins
- on pillow can be helpful,
- nipple points to the
baby’s upper lip or nostril
Baby’s body
- placed not quite tummy
to tummy, but so that baby comes up to
- breast from below and
baby’s eyes make contact with mother’s
Support breast
- firm inner breast tissue
by raising breast slightly with fingers
placed
- flat on chest wall and
thumb pointing up (if helpful, also use
sling or tensor bandage around breast)
Move baby quickly on
to breast
- head tilted back slightly,
pushing in across shoulders so chin and
lower jaw make first contact (not nose)
while mouth still wide open, keep baby
uncurled (means tongue nearer breast)
lower lip is aimed as far from nipple
as possible so baby’s tongue draws
in maximum amount of breast tissue
Cautions
Mother needs to AVOID
- pushing her breast across
her body
- chasing the baby with
her breast
- flapping the breast
up and down
- holding breast with
scissor grip
- not supporting breast
- twisting her body towards
the baby instead of slightly away
- aiming nipple to centre
of baby’s mouth
- pulling baby’s
chin down to open mouth
- flexing baby’s
head when bringing to breast
- moving breast into baby’s
mouth instead of bringing baby to breast
- moving baby onto breast
without a proper gape
- not moving baby onto
breast quickly enough at height of gape
- having baby’s nose
touch breast first and not the chin
- holding breast away
from baby’s nose (not necessary if
the baby is well latched on, as the nose
will be away from the breast anyway)
Also
see videos.
Handout A, When Latching
Revised : January 2005
Original written and designed by Anne Barnes
1. Breastfeeding:
Starting out right
a) The
importance of Skin-to-Skin contact
2. Colic in the Breastfed Baby
3. a) Sore Nipples
b) Treatments
for Sore Nipple and Sore Breasts
4. Is my baby getting enough?
5. Using a Lactation Aid
6. Using Gentian Violet
7. Breastfeeding and Jaundice
8. Finger Feeding
9. a) You should continue breastfeeding
(Medications and breastfeeding)
b) You
should continue breastfeeding (Illness in the mother or baby)
10. Breastfeeding and other foods
11. Some breastfeeding myths
12. More breastfeeding myths
13. Still more breastfeeding
myths
14. More and more breastfeeding
myths
15. Breast compression
16. Starting solid foods
17. What to feed the baby when
the mother is working outside the home
18. How to know a health professional
is not supportive of breastfeeding
19. a) Domperidone 1
b) Domperidone
2
20. Fluconazole
21. Breastfeed a toddler –
Why on earth?
22. Blocked ducts and
mastitis
23. Breastfeeding your adopted baby
24. Miscellaneous treatments for problems
25. Slow weight gain after
the first few months
26. When the Baby refuses to
latch on
27. Expressing Milk
28. Toxins and Infant Feeding
How breastmilk protects Newborns
Risks of formula feeding
Breastfeeding and guilt
Candida protocol
Protocol to increase the intake
of Breastmilk by the Baby ("Not enough milk")
When latching
Protocols for Induced Lactation
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